Where does “guidewheel” come from?
guidewheel (English) comes from English Guide, from Middle English guide, from Old French guide, from Occitan guida, from Occitan guidar, from Frankish wītan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde — to see.
guidewheel (English): The wheel used to guide a machine or vehicle; a...
Definitions
- The wheel used to guide a machine or vehicle; a...
Ancestry of “guidewheel”, step by step
guidewheel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Guide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Guide | OS grid ref SD7025 |
| 2 | Middle English | guide | — |
| 3 | Old French | guide | a guide |
| 4 | Occitan | guida | — |
| 5 | Occitan | guidar | to guide, to lead |
| 6 | Frankish | wītan | to show the way, lead; to accuse, to blame |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via English wheel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wheel | A circular device capable of rotating on its... |
| 2 | Middle English | whel | A wheel circular device for motion |
| 3 | Old English | hwēol | wheel |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hweulō | nominative/vocative/accusative plural of *hwehwlą |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷékʷléh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷékʷlos | wheel; circle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |